"Percival P. Cassidy" wrote:

I have just bought some "Lights of America" brand 45-watt-equivalent LED
bulbs (power consumption only 3.5W) intended for use in accent lights: a
nice white light and no warm-up delay.


I picked up a pack of those LED lamps to fiddle with. Some notes:

- The light is not "nice white", it is notably bluish like most "white"
LEDs.

- The color temp is not consistent between lamps, particularly if they
have had different run times.

- LEDs produce less lumens per Watt than CFLs, so they are less
efficient. Being directional they can allow a lower Wattage to be used
for task lighting however.

- Those particular lamps don't go off when you turn them off, they
continue to produce very low level light for several minutes.

I did a comparison in a wall wash type application between those LED
lamps, a 14W CFL and a 50W encapsulated halogen and the CFL won for best
overall results. The LED lamps are still interesting to fiddle with.